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The number of new detected cases of infection with coronavirus in Tokyo for the last day amounted to more than 280, which was a record for all time of infection on the territory of the Japanese capital. On Thursday told Japanese public television.

It is expected that the official statistics on new cases of infection will be published by the Tokyo authorities in the near future.

Tokyo continues to be the main source of spread of the virus in Japan. On Wednesday there were revealed 165 new cases of coronavirus. In this regard, the authorities have raised the threat level of infection up to the maximum for a four-point scale. The total number of infected, including the passengers and crew of the cruise liner Diamond Princess, closer to 24 thousand the Number of deaths is 998.